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It was a mediocre weekend for the dramas.
Two out of the four prime time spring dramas improved compared to the previous weekend. 'Otenki Oneesan' (TV Asahi) recorded a rise of 0.9% and 'TAKE FIVE' (TBS) had a gain of merely 0.6%. The other two dramas lost viewers, among which '35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV) received the big

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The lack of viewers during the Golden Week holidays influenced the ratings, but the unfavorable placing of the public holidays lessened the effect a bit this year.
There was even one drama that gained quite a few viewers this weekend. 'Yae no Sakura', NHK's taiga drama, managed to gain 2.0% this Sunday and reac

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It was the beginning of the Golden Week with the first holiday on April 29th, which meant a busy weekend - although not particularly in front of the TV. Fortunately the peak of the holiday traffic is only expected on the next weekend with a holiday on Friday and Monday.
The TV ratings haven't been affected that much, at least so fa

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The first episode of the Friday drama 'TAKE FIVE' (TBS) was the only spring premiere over the weekend. The thief drama starring Karasawa Toshiaki recorded an unspectacular rating of 12.3%, although it's not exactly a bad rating for this drama time slot at 10:00 pm.
The rest of the weekend dramas experienced a disillusi

Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku's new song, "Kindan no Karma", has been chosen as the opening theme for TV Tokyo's upcoming drama, 'Vampire Heaven', which will air starting April 12th.
"Kindan no Karma" is Ebichu's 4th major single that's scheduled for release on June 5th. This is the first time their song has been chosen as the theme song for a drama. As reported earlier, 'Vampire Heaven', will star Omasa Aya, Honda Tsubasa, and Hiraoka Yuta, and

It was announced that actress Omasa Aya will star in TV Tokyo's upcoming drama "Vampire Heaven" that will begin airing in April.
Omasa will play a beautiful vampire named "Sakurako" while Honda Tsubasa will be Sakurako's best friend and also vampire named "Komachi". The human male, whom the two vampires fall in love with, will be played by Hiraoka Yuta.
The drama will be written and directed by Seta Natsuki who has worked with Omasa in